Palestinians in Gaza blaming ... Hamas?

[KukriKhan]

the people who voted labour did not vote to elect a terrorist group whose principle aim was the destruction of the superpower next door, and do so by launching attacks on said superpower from the civilian homes and infrastructure of its populace.

In fairness, I doubt the Hamas voters did that either. I think they rather voted in the guys who actually built some of that infrastructure and civilian homes, and provided food and medical care, and compensation when when injury/death occured - versus the previous lot who kept all the cash (meant to do all that social stuff) to themselves.

[Furunculus]

In fairness, I doubt the Hamas voters did that either. I think they rather voted in the guys who actually built some of that infrastructure and civilian homes, and provided food and medical care, and compensation when when injury/death occured - versus the previous lot who kept all the cash (meant to do all that social stuff) to themselves.

In fairness, I accept what you say, however it is rank stupidity to believe your 'nation' exists in a vacuum from which its actions towards the outside world have no consequence within.

[Pannonian]

In fairness, I doubt the Hamas voters did that either. I think they rather voted in the guys who actually built some of that infrastructure and civilian homes, and provided food and medical care, and compensation when when injury/death occured - versus the previous lot who kept all the cash (meant to do all that social stuff) to themselves.

Something I've been wondering, if there is an unpalatable choice between one party who are palatable foreign policy-wise, but who are abysmal domestically, and the other, who are good domestically, but who are abysmal foreign policy-wise, why doesn't the EU or US just formally take over Palestine? Declare the situation there as unfavourable to all in the region, including the Palestinians themselves, and formally take over the government and the wellbeing of the Palestinian state. Sure, it's colonialism all over again, but is it that much worse than the basket case it currently is?